Ricky Burns says fatherhood is going to make him even hungrier to stay a World champion, starting with a defence of his WBO Lightweight title against Raymundo Beltran tonight live on Sky Sports 2 HD from the SECC in Glasgow. The Coatbridge star became a father for the first time when his wife Amanda gave…
Sergey Rabchenko has started preparations for his rematch with Cedric Vitu by setting up camp in his opponent’s home country. The Belarusian will defend his European light-middleweight crown against the southpaw on an as yet to be confirmed date and has begun conditioning work in Valance, southern France with Nicolas Riffard.
Exciting Prizefighter Light Welterweights III champion – Chris Jenkins – is back in action on Sky Sports on Saturday night and the Welshman has promised to show even more of his skills. Jenkins was a late-replacement in the line-up at York Hall, Bethnal Green in July, winning every round of a night that ended in…
“This is his Cup Final and it’s going to end in tears.†The grand showpiece that Liverpool warrior Derry Mathews refers to is his much-anticipated Commonwealth conflict with Driffield’s Curtis Woodhouse on September 21. With battle just over two weeks away, Mathews maintains his amazing sequence of brutal encounters as he tackles the former 147lb…
Ricky Burns and Raymundo Beltran came face-to-face for the first time at a press conference today ahead of their WBO Lightweight title clash at the SECC in Glasgow on Saturday night (September 7), live on Sky Sports. Burns defends his title for the fourth time against the Mexican and hot off the back of his…
Ricky Hatton believes James “Jazza” Dickens can beat Kid Galahad at his own game when they clash at the Magna Centre in Rotherham, on September 14. The pair meet to contest the vacant British super-bantamweight crown and ‘The Hitman’ feels Dickens has what it takes to become the latest boxer to take a Lonsdale belt…
Canadian southpaw Adonis “Superman” Stevenson (21-1-0 with 18 KOs) will put his World Boxing Council (WBC), Ring Magazine and linear world light heavyweight title on the line against American Tavoris “Thunder” Cloud (24-1-0 with 19 KOs). Stevenson, a native of Haiti who lives in Quebec and who is a rapidly growing attraction there, will be…
If Canelo Alvarez is awestruck by the prospect of trying to do something that no one else has done – defeat pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather – he doesn’t show it. Canelo maintained the same cool, calm expression throughout a nine-city press tour to promote “The One: Mayweather vs. Canelo” – the highly anticipated, super welterweight…
Chris Arreola calls it a “must-win” and may retire if he loses. Seth Mitchell calls it “do-or-die” and a “crossroads fight for both of us.” This Saturday, Sept. 7, former world title challenger Arreola (35-3, 30 KO’s), of Riverside, Calif., meets former college football star Mitchell (26-1-1, 19 KO’s), of Brandywine, Md., in a 12-rounder…
On Saturday, September 21, the Whippany Athletic Club on Algonquin Parkway will be hosting an all-day open house open to the public, featuring a variety of events, including a meet and greet with Hall-of-Fame heavyweight knockout artist Lou Esa. The Whippany Athletic Club is a state-of-the-art facility featuring a brand new boxing ring, several heavy…
On Friday night, September 13 at Harrahs Philadelphia, Eric Hunter will headline a big night of boxing promoted by Joey Eye Boxing. Hunter, of Philadelphia, will take on an opponent to be named for the vacant NABA United States Featherweight title in a bout scheduled for ten rounds. Hunter has a record of 17-2 with…
This Saturday afternoon Ray Beltran (28-6, 17 KO’s) will take on Ricky Burns for Burns’ WBO Lightweight championship on AWE beginning at 3pm eastern time. To say Beltran earned this opportunity is an understatement as the native of Phoenix, Arizona via Los Mochis, Mexico has had to fight his way to this opportunity.